Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 37
27 December 1907 37 Aryas, Christians, Muslims, Naturalists, Wahabis, friends and strangers—all had united as my enemy. The utmost effort was made for my destruction. Such stringent restrictions were imposed that if anyone said As-Salamu alaikum [the Muslim greeting; i. e. , ‘Peace be upon you’] to me, he was declared an apostate; if anyone treated me cordially he, too, was declared an apostate. Such atrocities were permitted against me that a decent person cannot even bear to hear them. They stationed themselves along the streets to deter people from coming here. People were dissuaded on different pretexts. But in the end, the outcome was the same as had been foretold by God that hundreds of thousands of people would come to me and would bring thousands of rupees and gifts and presents. 1 Moreover, it is peculiar that God Almighty had also informed me beforehand about their opposition and animos- ity. In fact, the following revelation is also recorded in that book, page 510: یَعْصِمُك َ الل ُّٰ مِن ْ عِنْدِہ ٖ وَإِن ْ لَّم ْ یَعْصِمْك َ النَّاسُ. یَعْصِمُك َ الل ُّٰ مِن ْ عِنْدِہ ٖ وَإِن ْ لَّم ْ یَعْصِمْك َ النَّاسُ. Meaning: Allah will protect you and He will keep you safe from the mischief of the miscreants and the schemes of the enemies. And even though people will not protect and help you, God will prove your innocence from all the accusations and calum- nies the mischief mongers level against you. Now, behold what a grand prophecy this is which was ful- filled! Those who are seeking the truth will have to accept it 1. From Badr: Now just think for yourself, is it within the ability of a mortal to overcome his adversities all by himself? I do not coerce anyone to accept it. Rather, everyone should analyse this on his own and try to understand whether I speak the truth or not ( Badr, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 4, dated 9 January 1908).